Stu Starner

[AFCAT]

For those of you who don't know who he was.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stu_Starner

[Domako]

My wife and I got to visit him last Wednesday before he died. He was a great coach, mentor and male role model
for me. I will miss him.

[lv2hoop]

Rest in Peace Coach Starner. Quite the life he lived as a coach and later as a major donations fund raiser for a number of different institutions in Texas, Michigan and back at MSU.

Interesting side note, as I was reading an old article from when the Bobcats first hired him as a head men's bball coach, one of the finalists for the job was George Karl, who at the time, was coaching in the old CBA in Great Falls - the Montana Golden Nuggets.

[grizzh8r]

My wife and I got to visit him last Wednesday before he died. He was a great coach, mentor and male role model
for me. I will miss him.

I figured you'd have a response here, Tom. I was still in a diaper in the mid 80's, but my parents raved about Bobcat basketball during the Starner/Ferch/Domako era. Grew up in Livingston and the so the Ferch brothers were local legends. Condolences on losing such a great mentor.

[AFCAT]

[luckyirishguy25]

Condolences to his family and friends... RIP coach

[Helcat72]

Sat right in front of him during the Fish era. Great guy, will miss him.

[Camo_Cat]

Starner's teams were to fun to watch. They played hard and intense. He was a Bobcat through and through. I believe he even came back to Bozeman after his daughter passed away and led the MSU Foundation for a short time.

RIP coach....